Don't put "init=3" at the end...just a space and the number 3. On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, Bob Mclaughlin wrote: > Jeremy, > I tried the 'a' and 's' and it gave me a 'kernel panic: no > init found. try passing init=option to kernel. I put > 'init=3 at the end of the kernel line and booted. The > script rolled by on the screen and set the boot level to 5. > No solution yet. I'd sure like to boot to level 3. > Bob > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > >[mailto:shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of > >Jeremy Portzer > >Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 10:08 AM > >To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: RE: hang on start > > > > > >On Thu, 2003-07-17 at 08:57, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > >> On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, Mike Burger wrote: > >> > >> > I don't think it's "s"...I'd have to actually > >reboot to find the actual > >> > option from the Grub boot screen...but I'm > >fairly sure it's "A", not "S". > >> > It's the option that lets you modify the boot options. > >> > >> "e" for "edit" lets you modify boot options at > >the grub prompt. > > > >Yeah, but it's easier to type 'a' to append > >options. When you do E for > >edit there are a few other keystrokes necessary > >and it's a bit > >confusing. A for append is much simpler; you just > >add 'single' (or > >simply 's') to the end of the boot options line. > > > >--Jeremy > > > >-- > >/-------------------------------------------------- > >-------------------\ > >| Jeremy Portzer jeremyp@xxxxxxxxx > >trilug.org/~jeremy | > >| GPG Fingerprint: 712D 77C7 AB2D 2130 989F E135 > >6F9F F7BC CC1A 7B92 | > >\-------------------------------------------------- > >-------------------/ > > > > > > -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 To be notified of updates to the web site, send a message to: site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with a message of: subscribe -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list